Se7en, David Fincher (1995), Title Sequence Analysis
2 seconds - Close-up of book pages turning and creepy music starts playing
6 seconds - Still image of book containing "new line cinema presents"
10 seconds - Distorted black and white hands
14 seconds - Contrasting white titles on black background (which flicker slightly) with name of actor "Brad Pitt"
18 seconds - Close-up of fingers covered in mud and blood and sharp object shown presumably scraping skin
22 seconds - "Morgan Freeman" text flashes on screen
25 seconds - "Se7en" flashes onto screen and gradually fades out
31 seconds - Shadow appears alongside name of actor "Gwyneth Paltrow"
34 seconds - Close-up shows someone writing something alongside two photos (one of which is made to look like a shadow) and name of actor "Richard Roundtree" appears
37 seconds - Blurry pictures and random writing flash on screen with red filter
41 seconds - Close-up of scissors cutting up photos
46 seconds - Black and white photo of boy (maybe teen) appears
50 seconds - Close-up of newspaper cuttings from birds eye view whilst blood is splattered onto the page
56 seconds - Name of three actors "John Cassini, Reginald E. Cathey and Peter Crombie" appear
60 seconds - Extreme close-up shows thumb smudging ink
62 seconds - POV shows black marker crossing out words
67 seconds - Writing in background accompanied by blood smudges in foreground with black marker
71 seconds - Drawing of boy's face is shown with black marker concealing his eyes, alongside "casting by..." in the foreground
74 seconds - Red filter appears again, boys face is completely covered in marker
77 seconds - Top half of shot has red filter, bottom half contains photos, "music by Howard Shore" in foreground
87 seconds - Close up of hooks and fingers with dirty nails, alongside "production design..."
90 seconds - Upside down pages of books
94 seconds - Photographs in background, dirty filter
99 seconds - Extreme close-up of fingers playing with needles
103 seconds - Multiple flashing images and cuts
Last 15 seconds - "produced by..." and "directed by..." along with flashing images
128 seconds - End
74 seconds - Red filter appears again, boys face is completely covered in marker
77 seconds - Top half of shot has red filter, bottom half contains photos, "music by Howard Shore" in foreground
87 seconds - Close up of hooks and fingers with dirty nails, alongside "production design..."
90 seconds - Upside down pages of books
94 seconds - Photographs in background, dirty filter
99 seconds - Extreme close-up of fingers playing with needles
103 seconds - Multiple flashing images and cuts
Last 15 seconds - "produced by..." and "directed by..." along with flashing images
128 seconds - End
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